ACVPM PRACTICE EXAM TESTQUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following is not true regarding Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) toxins?
a. Can cause disease in nanogram to picogram doses.
b. Have distinct odor/taste that deters people and animals.
c. Are highly resistant to heat, acid and freezing.
d. Can pass through the blood-brain barrier.
e. Can act as tumor promoters. - Answers - b. Have distinct odor/taste that deters
people and animals.
True or False: Evidence suggests that Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) occurring in areas
where they were previously undocumented because people have inadvertently
introduced organisms into new areas through shipping movements or the transport of
living marine organisms. - Answers - True:
Which of the following causes histamine poisoning as a result of consuming improperly
handled dark-meat fish such as tuna or mackerel?
a. Scrombroid
b. Ciguatera
c. Domoic acid
d. Tetrodotoxin
e. Microcystins - Answers - A. Scrombroid
What tick is generally associated with development of alpha-gal syndrome?
a. Black-legged tick - Ixodes scapularis
b. American dog tick - Dermacentor variabilis
c. Lone star tick - Amblyomma americanum
d. Brown dog tick - Rhipicephalus sanguineus
e. Rocky mountain wood tick - Dermacentor andersoni - Answers - c. Lone star tick -
Amblyomma americanum
Which of these waste characteristics is not considered hazardous by RCRA?
a. Ignitable
b. Corrosive
c. Reactive
d. Acerbic - Answers - d. Acerbic
What type of waste does Subtitle D of RCRA specifically regulate?
a. Solid hazardous waste
b. Chemical hazardous waste
c. Non-hazardous solid waste
d. Radioactive waste - Answers - c. Non-hazardous solid waste
,Which of the following methods, according to the EPA, is used approximately 90% of
the time for the disposal and/or destruction of infectious chemical or medical waste?
a. Microwaving the waste.
b. Sending the waste off to an autoclaving company that is licensed to do this type of
disposal.
c. Placing the waste in a medical "red bag", sealing it air-tight, and then throwing it away
in any hospital dumpster.
d. Incineration by a treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF). - Answers - D.
Incineration by a treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF).
Which toxin is found in the Northeast and Northwest USA with human signs of muscle
weakness, floating sensation and ataxia?
a. Brevetoxin
b. Domoic Acid
c. Okadaic acid
d. Saxitoxin
e. Ciguatoxin - Answers - d. Saxitoxin
What number of mature dairy cows confined on an animal feed operation for more than
45 days constitutes a CAFO?
a. 1000
b. 500
c. 300
d. 700
e. 1500 - Answers - D. 700
Which one of the following elements, used as a fungicide, may be toxic to swine and to
humans eating pork from swine that have ingested the element?
a. Mercury.
b. Iron.
c. Copper.
d. Molybdenum.
e. Cobalt - Answers - A. Mercury
In the design and operation of a plant utilizing radiation for the preservation of food,
concern must be given to the protection of operators because the:
a. alpha radiation used represents a potential source of skin cancer.
b. intensity of the radiation source used is extremely high.
c. preserving agent, a radioactive powder, must be dusted on the food AND thus
constitutes a potential internal hazard.
d. neutron source used makes shielding difficult.
e. food after irradiation is itself radioactive for a while and must be handled carefully. -
Answers - b. intensity of the radiation source used is extremely high.
Side note: gamma radiation is used in food irradiation
, The most frequent carcinogenic effect of high levels of total body irradiation is:
a. thyroid carcinoma.
b. leukemia.
c. bone sarcoma.
d. skin carcinoma.
e. gum carcinoma - Answers - b. leukemia
The reason Strontium-90 is of health concern is that it concentrates in the:
a. reproductive system and produces damage to future generations.
b. bone and has a physical half-life of about 30 years.
c. bone marrow and is a high-energy gamma emitter.
d. gastro-intestinal system and has a physical half-life of 27.7 years.
e. muscles and has a physical half-life of about 30 years. - Answers - b. bone and has a
physical half-life of about 30 years.
What can stop gamma rays?
a. The brick structure of the school.
b. Aluminum Shielding.
c. A thick piece of lead.
d. Paper - Answers - c. A thick piece of lead.
What is the difference between X-rays and gamma rays?
a. X-rays are produced extranuclearly whereas gamma rays are produced in nuclear
decays.
b. X-rays have higher energies than gamma rays.
c. gamma rays are produced by bremsstrahlung.
d. X-rays and gamma rays interact with matter differently. - Answers - a. X-rays are
produced extranuclearly whereas gamma rays are produced in nuclear decays
What is the main source of natural background radiation?
a. Electrons
b. X-rays
c. Neutrons
d. Alpha particles. - Answers - d. Alpha particles
Side note: airborne radon largest source of background radiation; emits alpha particles
upon decay
What is the half-life process?
a. The time it takes for half of an atom to decay.
b. There is no half-life process.
c. The time it takes for half the atoms of a radioactive substance to decay.
d. Process of emitting energy in the form of waves or particles. - Answers - c. The time it
takes for half the atoms of a radioactive substance to decay
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following is not true regarding Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) toxins?
a. Can cause disease in nanogram to picogram doses.
b. Have distinct odor/taste that deters people and animals.
c. Are highly resistant to heat, acid and freezing.
d. Can pass through the blood-brain barrier.
e. Can act as tumor promoters. - Answers - b. Have distinct odor/taste that deters
people and animals.
True or False: Evidence suggests that Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) occurring in areas
where they were previously undocumented because people have inadvertently
introduced organisms into new areas through shipping movements or the transport of
living marine organisms. - Answers - True:
Which of the following causes histamine poisoning as a result of consuming improperly
handled dark-meat fish such as tuna or mackerel?
a. Scrombroid
b. Ciguatera
c. Domoic acid
d. Tetrodotoxin
e. Microcystins - Answers - A. Scrombroid
What tick is generally associated with development of alpha-gal syndrome?
a. Black-legged tick - Ixodes scapularis
b. American dog tick - Dermacentor variabilis
c. Lone star tick - Amblyomma americanum
d. Brown dog tick - Rhipicephalus sanguineus
e. Rocky mountain wood tick - Dermacentor andersoni - Answers - c. Lone star tick -
Amblyomma americanum
Which of these waste characteristics is not considered hazardous by RCRA?
a. Ignitable
b. Corrosive
c. Reactive
d. Acerbic - Answers - d. Acerbic
What type of waste does Subtitle D of RCRA specifically regulate?
a. Solid hazardous waste
b. Chemical hazardous waste
c. Non-hazardous solid waste
d. Radioactive waste - Answers - c. Non-hazardous solid waste
,Which of the following methods, according to the EPA, is used approximately 90% of
the time for the disposal and/or destruction of infectious chemical or medical waste?
a. Microwaving the waste.
b. Sending the waste off to an autoclaving company that is licensed to do this type of
disposal.
c. Placing the waste in a medical "red bag", sealing it air-tight, and then throwing it away
in any hospital dumpster.
d. Incineration by a treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF). - Answers - D.
Incineration by a treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF).
Which toxin is found in the Northeast and Northwest USA with human signs of muscle
weakness, floating sensation and ataxia?
a. Brevetoxin
b. Domoic Acid
c. Okadaic acid
d. Saxitoxin
e. Ciguatoxin - Answers - d. Saxitoxin
What number of mature dairy cows confined on an animal feed operation for more than
45 days constitutes a CAFO?
a. 1000
b. 500
c. 300
d. 700
e. 1500 - Answers - D. 700
Which one of the following elements, used as a fungicide, may be toxic to swine and to
humans eating pork from swine that have ingested the element?
a. Mercury.
b. Iron.
c. Copper.
d. Molybdenum.
e. Cobalt - Answers - A. Mercury
In the design and operation of a plant utilizing radiation for the preservation of food,
concern must be given to the protection of operators because the:
a. alpha radiation used represents a potential source of skin cancer.
b. intensity of the radiation source used is extremely high.
c. preserving agent, a radioactive powder, must be dusted on the food AND thus
constitutes a potential internal hazard.
d. neutron source used makes shielding difficult.
e. food after irradiation is itself radioactive for a while and must be handled carefully. -
Answers - b. intensity of the radiation source used is extremely high.
Side note: gamma radiation is used in food irradiation
, The most frequent carcinogenic effect of high levels of total body irradiation is:
a. thyroid carcinoma.
b. leukemia.
c. bone sarcoma.
d. skin carcinoma.
e. gum carcinoma - Answers - b. leukemia
The reason Strontium-90 is of health concern is that it concentrates in the:
a. reproductive system and produces damage to future generations.
b. bone and has a physical half-life of about 30 years.
c. bone marrow and is a high-energy gamma emitter.
d. gastro-intestinal system and has a physical half-life of 27.7 years.
e. muscles and has a physical half-life of about 30 years. - Answers - b. bone and has a
physical half-life of about 30 years.
What can stop gamma rays?
a. The brick structure of the school.
b. Aluminum Shielding.
c. A thick piece of lead.
d. Paper - Answers - c. A thick piece of lead.
What is the difference between X-rays and gamma rays?
a. X-rays are produced extranuclearly whereas gamma rays are produced in nuclear
decays.
b. X-rays have higher energies than gamma rays.
c. gamma rays are produced by bremsstrahlung.
d. X-rays and gamma rays interact with matter differently. - Answers - a. X-rays are
produced extranuclearly whereas gamma rays are produced in nuclear decays
What is the main source of natural background radiation?
a. Electrons
b. X-rays
c. Neutrons
d. Alpha particles. - Answers - d. Alpha particles
Side note: airborne radon largest source of background radiation; emits alpha particles
upon decay
What is the half-life process?
a. The time it takes for half of an atom to decay.
b. There is no half-life process.
c. The time it takes for half the atoms of a radioactive substance to decay.
d. Process of emitting energy in the form of waves or particles. - Answers - c. The time it
takes for half the atoms of a radioactive substance to decay
